Gcore
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- Cloud regions on six continents
- Free egress from virtual machines and bare metal
- Per-minute billing, only while a VM runs
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- CDN and DDoS protection on the same account
- 40+ regions across 26 countries
- BigQuery, GKE and Gemini models on Vertex AI
- TPUs, plus Nvidia T4 up to 8x B200 nodes
- Automatic sustained use discounts on N1 and N2 VMs
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.88 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | 43% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Medium VM | $47.58 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | 49% cheaper on Gcore |
| Large VM | $95.18 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | 57% cheaper on Gcore |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | |
| Object storage | $53.01 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | 21% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | |
| Load balancer | $17.40 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | 40% cheaper on Gcore |
| Serverless | $7.56 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (Cloud Run functions, 0.333 vCPU) | 83% cheaper on Gcore |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Gcore offers 6 GPU models, while Google Cloud offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 24 configs
|
$1.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | $11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 84% cheaper on Gcore |
|
H200
1 config · 4 configs
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.62 /GPU/hr On-demand | 71% cheaper on Gcore |
|
A100
5 configs · 36 configs
|
$1.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | 61% cheaper on Gcore |
|
B300
1 config
|
$6.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
-- | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
L4
32 configs
|
-- | $0.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
V100
48 configs
|
-- | $1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
Gcore bills on-demand; Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Gcore | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Gcore | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | USA |
| Locations | 33 | 40 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | gcore.com | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 20, 2026.